Allingham, William, 1824-1889 / 2008-06-04 00:00:00
EBOOK SIXTEEN POEMS ***
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SIXTEEN POEMS BY WILLIAM
ALLINGHAM: SELECTED BY
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
THE DUN EMER PRESS
DUNDRUM
MCMV
CONTENTS Page
Let Me Sing of What I Know 1
The Winding Banks of Erne 1
Abbey Asaroe 7
A Dream 10
The Fairies 12
The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker 14
The Girl's Lamentation 17
The Nobleman's Wedding 20
Kate O' Belashanny 22
Four Ducks on a Pond 24
AEolian Harp 24
The Maids of Elfin Mere 25
Twilight Voices 26
The Lover and Birds 28
The Abbot of Innisfallen 30
The Ruined Chapel 34
LET ME SING OF WHAT I KNOW
A wild west Coast, a little Town,
Where little Folk go up and down,
Tides flow and winds blow:
Night and Tempest and the Sea,
Human Will and Human Fate:
What is little, what is great?
Howsoe'er the answer be,
Let me sing of what I know.
THE WINDING BANKS OF ERNE
Adieu to Belashanny!
where I was bred and born;
Go where I may, I'll think of you,
as sure as night and morn.
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